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Coca-Cola

British  
/ ˌkəʊkəˈkəʊlə /

noun

  1. a carbonated soft drink flavoured with coca leaves, cola nuts, caramel, etc

  2. (modifier) denoting the spread of American culture and values to other parts of the world

    Coca-Cola generation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That only made Coca-Cola and 7-Up more tantalizing to my siblings and me.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

An international Coca-Cola campaign is targeting Gen Z with a message to slow down: “The World Will Wait.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Arancini in hand, I passed a booth lined with turquoise jewelry, Coca-Cola merchandise and approximately 40 embroidered denim vests.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Coca-Cola announced the revival of the soda under the original Mr. Pibb name and the new offerings in October, with a nationwide rollout taking place this year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

West Africans were chewing the caffeine-containing nuts of the latter as a narcotic, long before the Coca-Cola Company enticed first Americans and then the world to drink a beverage originally laced with its extracts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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